Hobbit's Big Feet Offer Clues To Its OriginHomo floresiensis, the mysterious hominid uncovered on the Indonesian island of Flores in 2003, continues to raise questions about human evolution. Ira Flatow and anthropologists discuss two new studies in Nature that support the idea that the "hobbit" fossils represent a new species.

Homo floresiensis, the mysterious hominid uncovered on the Indonesian island of Flores in 2003, continues to raise questions about human evolution. Ira Flatow and anthropologists discuss two new studies in Nature that support the idea that the "hobbit" fossils represent a new species.